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  Fibromyalgia fighters have all the ailments listed in this blog: 5-thing-you-must-know-about-fibromyalgia and so much more. Over and above that, they have them on another level! We call these higher grade aliments “ flares ”. Imagine the following: 1. Headaches The eyes feel like they will pop out of the socket, and the forehead like it is being skinned with no anaesthesia. When you lift your head from the pillow, it feels like you are leaving a part of it on the pillow still. Dizzy spells are common, especially after getting up from sitting, squatting or bending. 2. Fatigue The body feels like you are wearing a bodysuit that weighs 50kg or 110lbs. Walking is so difficult that you have to use the walls to help balance yourself. More often than not, this bodysuit appears out of nowhere at the most inopportune times — even when you’re sleeping. It harms breathing and body balance. 3. Insomnia If one can sleep at all, one must consider themselves lucky! A bed at time...

    1.             Fibromyalgia is a disorder/chronic pain syndrome/long-term condition that causes pain and tenderness all over your body; skin and scalp ailments as well as mental distress.   2.             Symptoms may vary from day to day depending on the weather; and from person to person depending on the severity of the condition. It has a buffet of different diseases co-existing with it, such as, to name but 20:   a)     Chronic muscle pain, stiffness;  b)  Insomnia (lack of sleep);  c)  Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (lack of energy);  d)  Migraine and other types of headaches;  e)  Interstitial Cystitis or painful Bladder Syndrome;  f)  Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (disorders of the jaw);  g)  Anxiety and Depression;  h)  Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (heart r...